Adirondack Curriculum Project

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NYS Content Area Standard

ELA
Standard 1: Students will read, write, listen and speak for information and understanding. Elem. Level.

Performance Indicator: Gather and interpret information from listening to descriptions of animals from a yearly guide.

Title: An Adirondack Calendar

Grade Level: 3rd

Author: Sarah Bencze

Email: sarahb@tupperlakecsd.net

Adirondack Curriculum Content Area
_X_ Natural History
___ Human History
___ Culture & the Arts
___ Government & Civics
___ Economy
___ Health, Recreation & Life Skills

Investigative Question or Issue: How does wildlife in the Adirondacks adapt to changes that occur throughout the year?

Challenge:

Context for this challenge: Prior to engaging in this challenge, students should explore selected readings and illustrated resources which describe how various animials of the Adirondacks adapt to seasonal changes in their habitat. Some of the resources may be passages of text from a yearly guide that is read to the students by the teacher.

The Challenge:
In teams of two formed with the help of your teacher, choose an animal native to the Adirondacks that is of interest to both of you.

Create a series of 12 calendar illustrations that could be used to show how your selected animal adapts to changes in its habitat during each month of the year. Be sure that your work accurately depicts both the habitat of the animal as well as any special characteristics of the animal you've chosen.

As you create your illustrations, please consider the following:

Some of your illustrations must be completed within 30 minutes after your teacher reads you a selected passage about your animal.
You will have ____ periods to complete work on your illustrations.
Your illustrations and coloring should be neat.
Your illustrations should clearly show the adaptations of your animal during the month you are depicting

Quality Standards:

Calendar Illustrations:

Selected illustrations are completed in allotted time after selection has been read
Each illustration accurately shows both the habitat and the adaptation of the animal during the month
Illustration and coloring are neat in appearance.
Total package of illustrations are completed on time

Adapted for the Adirondack Curriculum Project from the work of Education By Design TM and Leading EDGE, LLC ©ACP 2002

Product Quality
Checklist
Date: ________ Class Period: ________

Product Author(s):

Product Title/Name:
An Adirondack Calendar

Evaluator Name(s)

Observed	Standard/Criteria	Possible Points	Rating
	Selected illustrations are completed in allotted time after selection has been read
	Each illustration accurately shows both the habitat and the adaptation of the animal during the month
	Your illustrations and coloring should be neat in appearance
	Total package of illustrations are completed on time

	TOTALS

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